Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Brave New World: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation by Aldous Huxley

30 reviews

livimack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Firstly, Sally Rooney could definitely write this. Secondly, I can see why some places banned this book. And finally, I severely underestimated this book. The blurb also seriously underestimated it, too. And not gonna lie, I could probably analyse this for weeks and still have material to chat about. Good book. Philosophy in action innit. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

jdaniel's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mandi_lea's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

alreinwarth's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit, Antisemitism, and Abortion

monjure's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Colonisation

Moderate: Suicide, Xenophobia, and Grief

gabriella_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

That was when science first began to be controlled—after the Nine Years’ War. People were ready to have even their appetites controlled then. Anything for a quiet life. We’ve gone on controlling ever since. It hasn’t been very good for truth, of course. But it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson—paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.

What an interesting read. Thematically, there’s a lot to dissect but I don’t really have the energy to get into it. The final two chapters were a mindfuck. This is burdened by knowledge: the book.

There was a silence. In spite of their sadness—because of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one another—the three young men were happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

cute_koala's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Incest and Racial slurs

summerb's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I hate my life but at least I finished that awful book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

karol99's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Extremely interesting read, especially drawing comparisons to a capitalistic society as well as progress seen and made in 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Suicide and Abortion